meridian
英 [məˈrɪdiən] 美 [məˈrɪdiən]

n.

子午圈；子午线；顶点；（权力，成就等的）全盛时期

变形

复数：meridians

英英释义

meridian[ mə'ridiən ]

• n.
  • the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

    同义词：acmeheightelevationpeakpinnaclesummitsuperlativetiptoptop

  • a town in eastern Mississippi
  • an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles at right angles to the equator

    "all points on the same meridian have the same longitude"

    同义词：line of longitude

• adj.
  • of or happening at noon

    "meridian hour"

  • being at the best stage of development

    同义词：prime

词组短语

meridian line子午线；经线，地平线

meridian passage[天]中天

prime meridian本初子午线；本初子午圈

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. A meridian is an imaginary circle.
   子午线是假想出来的一个圆圈。
2. Terrestrial longitude is measured in degrees east or west of the Greenwich meridian.
   地球的经度是被格林威治子午线向东或向西以度数来表示的。
3. The one hundred and first meridian was passed.
   现在已经越过了经线一百零一度了。
4. Every place on the same meridian has the same longitude.
   同一经线上的地方其经度相同。
5. He is at the meridian of life.
   他正值壮年。
6. He was at the meridian of his power then.
   那时他获得了最高权力。

用作形容词(adj.)

1. East meets west on the Meridian Line, which divides the hemispheres and marks longitude zero.
   子午线将地球分割成东西两个半球，也画下了经度零度的记号。
2. The Palace Museum, with four gates, has its main entrance to the south, known as the Meridian Gate.
   故宫博物院有四个宫门,南为午门,是主要入口。

权威例句

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Cortical and callosal connections concerned with the vertical meridian of visual fields in the cat.
The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America, East of the Hundredth Meridian. Volume II by Rudolph M. Schuster
The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America East of the Hundredth Meridian. 5 Jubulaceae to Sphaerocarpales by Rudolf M. Schuster
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